The National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA), sponsor of I/ITSEC, believes strongly that there is an American crisis in science and technology education. At our I/ITSEC event, you will see Science, Technology, Engineering and Math programs (STEM) in action on many different levels.

In order to keep I/ITSEC program timely and relevant, over 300 volunteers dedicate time throughout the entire year (sometimes more) to provide fresh relevant material. Click through this section to see more about the committee structure and opportunities.
If you are interested in being joining this team, contact the Program Chair to be connected to the upcoming year's coordinator.

Attendees
From medical special events to virtual surgical training to serious games to disaster modeling for urban preparedness, it's all at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) at Orlando's Orange County Convention Center. Join thousands of other attendees as you marvel at the present and explore the limitless future of this revolutionary technology. Review our I/ITSEC Knowledge Repository (to review all past papers).

2018 Conference Statistics

Approximately 16,200 total registrants

Included in that total (in round figures) are:

4,400 conference delegates

6,500 exhibit personnel

5,300 exhibit visitors

485 exhibiting companies in 378 exhibits (186,000 NSF)

1,800 International registrants from 50 countries

Serious Games Competition:
Face complex challenges and command cities and armies at the Serious Games Competition. "Serious Games" is attracting competitors from individual gamers, academia, industry, and government. Don't be left out--go to Serious Games Site for information and then come to I/ITSEC and experience the latest in serious games.

Launchpad! Exhibit Hall, Booth 1086
This special event designed to provide a venue for demonstration of innovative and disruptive technologies to I/ITSEC 2018 attendees. Team Orlando, an inter-service military partnership in Central Florida, has taken the lead to create a forum where industry, academia and government participants can display their latest and greatest technologies to conference attendees, to include key government acquisition stakeholders, with focused presentations during I/ITSEC 2018. The objective is to showcase innovative and disruptive initiatives that may be included in future acquisition efforts. Visit exhibits.iitsec.org to learn more!

Emerging Medical SimulationsSee remote medical procedures taking place in a virtual world as avatars recover from physical and mental trauma. More humans will live because of this technology. See the next thing in medical training.

Preparing for Disasters
Participate in planning for natural and man-made disasters as part of a big city team. Watch and learn as your solutions are tested in complex constructive simulated environments. Are you up to the challenge of evacuating a real U.S. city from a major hurricane? Can you avoid another Katrina, Irma, or Marie?

Soar Through the Skies without Leaving the Ground
Think you can dogfight with the best and win? Climb into a real cockpit, strap in, feel the controls just as they are in an F-16. Mix it up with the enemy's best. If you survive, get a debriefing from an avatar.

Visit & Interact with Other Cultures
Can you convince the village elder to release his hostages or turn against the bad guys? Participate in cultural interactions using avatars and simultaneous linguistic and body language inputs. Learn what motivates people of other backgrounds.